Psalm 64

New International Reader's Version

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

64 God, hear me as I tell you my problem.
Don’t let my enemies kill me.
²Hide me from evil people who talk about how to harm me.
Hide me from those people who are planning to do evil.

³They make their tongues like sharp swords.
They aim their mean words like deadly arrows.
⁴They shoot from their hiding places at people who aren’t guilty.
They shoot quickly and aren’t afraid of being caught.

⁵They help one another make evil plans.
    They talk about hiding their traps.
    They say, “Who can see what we are doing?”
⁶They make plans to do what is evil.
    They say, “We have thought up a perfect plan!”
    The hearts and minds of people are so clever!

⁷But God will shoot my enemies with his arrows.
    He will suddenly strike them down.
⁸He will turn their own words against them.
    He will destroy them.
All those who see them will shake their heads
    and look down on them.

⁹All people will respect God.
    They will tell about his works.
    They will think about what he has done.
¹⁰Godly people will be full of joy because of what the Lord has done.
    They will go to him for safety.
    All those whose hearts are honest will be proud of what he has done.